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Constitution Day

Constitution Day is Unconstitutional by Alain L. Sanders The article discusses Section 111(b) of Title I of Division of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2005 which imposes Constitution Day observances on U.S. schools. The law prompted federally-aided public and private schools around the country to reduce educational activities and attempts to instill a proper appreciation of the U.S. Constitution and its history.
Proclamation 10258-Constitution Day and Citizenship Day, and Constitution Week, 2021 Proclamation from the Executive Office of the President proclaiming September 17, 2021 as Constitution and Citizenship Day, and September 17, 2021 through September 23, 2021, as Constitution Week.
Colleges Scramble to Plan Events to Comply With Federal Mandate for Constitution Day

Scholarly Articles

Winston Churchill on the American Constitution The article examines the views of British leader Winston Churchill on the U.S.' constitutional law. Other topics include Churchill's book "A History of the English Speaking Peoples," his claim that the U.S.' Declaration of Independence was the supreme implementation of the common law, and his opinion on the importance of judicial review in the U.S.
Teaching the Transformative Fourteenth Amendment The article offers information on Fourteenth Amendment to U.S. Constitution. It informs on how incorporation, substantive due process, and the Equal Protection Clause changed the Constitution. It also informs on way in which these doctrines transformed constitutional interpretation and government more generally which are worth sharing with students.
"You Have the Right to Remain Silent": Does the U.S. Constitution Require Public Affirmation of Same-Sex Marriage? The article discusses the U.S. Constitution and same-sex marriage in America as of June 2013, focusing on the political and legal aspects of marriage equality, as well as information on race discrimination in the U.S. and a possible public affirmation requirement. California's Proposition 8 same-sex marriage legislation is addressed, along with coercive power, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the First Amendment to the nation's Constitution. Religious freedoms and equal protection are examined.
How to Lose a Constitutional Democracy This Article develops a taxonomy of different threats of democratic backsliding, the mechanisms whereby they unfold, and the comparative risk of each threat in the contemporary moment. By drawing on comparative law and politics experience, we demonstrate that there are two modal paths of democratic decay. We call these authoritarian reversion and constitutional retrogression.

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